Covered spring greasing device



0d. 21, 1952 HOUSE 2,614,660

COVERED SPRING GREASING DEVICE Filed June 27, 1947 Patented Oct. 21, t

{a V Application June 27,

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2,614,660 H COVERED 'SPRlNG GREASING DEVICE Thomas J. House, Decatur, Illa I 1947, Serial ief-1'57, -g claims. '(01. 184-15 has for its primary object'to' provide in a manner as hereinafter described and illustrated the accompanying drawings, a "deviceof this character embodying novel meansior"facilitating the ready and easy lubrication of covered springs on a motor vehicles of various types.

In actual operation the muzzle of grease guns of the usual type is necessarily afiixed tothe spring of a vehicle being lubricated, .by means of" various clamp devices, and usually by one resembling the well known clamp. By such procedure approximately minutes of time is required for each point of lubrication, that is to say for each aperture for lubrication provided in the spring covering. 'Now, by comparison, in using my invention, no'clamps or any other meansror Y fixed attachment are required, as'the operator simply holds my devicewhich is slipped over the fore part of the usual grease gun-in a position to enable its tapered snout to be inserted I into the lubricating hole in the spring covering, which action consumes an averageof 30 seconds of time per each pointv of lubrication served.

Accordingly, the. present invention hasfor its primary object the saving of a relatively considerable amount of time consumed for the lubrication of covered springs on motor vehicles.

Another object of the invention, of equal importance with that of the saving of time for the operator, is the saving of operator fatigue heretofore caused by the handling, affixing andvdetaching of various fittings and attachments in grease guns of the usual type.

A further object-is to provide in a device of the character herein set forth such durable, simple, and economical structure as renders it readily and practically adaptable to modern production methods of. manufacture, and which imparts a neat and workmanlike appearance to the whole, while at the same time providing an improved device of this character which will insure its safe, rapid interconnectionwith a grease gun, but which may be instantly disconnected-Without the use of tools of any kind. 5

In the drawings: I r

Fig. 1 is a side elevational'view, a portion of each end shown in section to facilitate 'a clear illustration of the assembly.

Fig. 2 is a top planview ofFig. 1, and, a Fig. 3 is a general side view of the device showing the manner of its use inthe hand of the operator, afragmentary section of the covered spring indicating-how the snout of the device is inserted into a lubricating aperture in the covermg orthe spring'fwhile "c'he uoued lines' i'n he 1 lower left-hand corner of the vievw indicate a type of grease fitting -int0 winch vthe"present invention 'is snap-fitted 'for practical use.-'

1 Referring t'o thedrawings in detail;

what tapered, curved outer surface l2 of the snout ll provides ready and convenient adaptability to lubricating apertures of various sizes in V the spring coverings of motor vehicles, and the longitudina1ly, centrally disposed through open-'1 ing I3 is the outlet for thegrease injected into.

the spring coverby means of the usualgr'e'ase gun, which is not here shown. .The adapter fit:

ting, howevershown by the dotted lines at Y provides themeans for interconnection between my invention and the-grease gun, said adapter fitting being normallythreadably connected. to

the-foreward end of the grease gun as at Z and v is adapted for-connection with the body by simply snap-fitting the nozzle l5,of said'body I4 into! the adapter fitting as at W, said adapter fitting having Within and adjacent its outer end (at W) an arrangement of parts comprising means for removablythough firmly engaging thenozzle l5.- 7 above referred to, although .these parts' w'ithin v the adapter fitting are not shown, as they' are no part of this device and maybe comprised in any suitable-arrangement for the purpose. v

Said body I4 has the hollow neck portion-16 (see Fig. 1), which servesto' integrally'moun't the body Min the end of the tube 19, which, in

turn, abuts the shoulder of the-body, and it;-i will be obvious to those skilled in=.the art that grease injected by and from a grease'gunwill I course through said-body. I4, through the tube l0,;', out through the snout H and into the spring cover as hereinbefore set forth.

The web 18, preferably made frorn metalf is; fixedly mounted by solder or "other suitable means, in the curve of the tube It! to im part strength and rigidity to saidtubeand to maintain its shape without distortion, from use. I Referring to Fig. 3, the inventionis shown in?v 1 a practical. application to itspurpose,;.the hand of the operator holdingthe devicein a position to eifect the discharge of grease through a lubricating aperture IS in the outer cover 20 and'the inner padding 2!, tothe spring leaves22.

From the foregoing it will be observed that I have provided a novel, yet simple structure for a the Fig;

1 shows the tube In preferablymade trommeta l' copper, for exampleformed to provideboth a practical means of application for the purpose intended, and an easy and convenienthand-hold v for the operator. The snout H is fixedly mounted in one end of the tube Ill as at X. The'someuse with a grease gun or the like and interconnecting means, which are adapted and arranged whereby the device is yieldably supported by the hand of the operator and whereby the device is instantly removable from contact with the mechanism to which is applied for the purpose of lubricating said mechanism.

I am aware that various changes may be made in the form of the invention without departing from theessential character thereof, and I prefer therefore, to be subject to the limits of the appended claims and not to the description setting forth the preferred form of the invention.

I claim:

1. In a spring greasing appliance, the com bination of a curved tube, said curved tube having a fitting for connecting said curved .tube to a source of grease and a tapered snout on one end to engage an opening in a spring cover so that a lubricant can be forced from the source of grease into the spring cover through the curved tube, said curved tube having areinforcing integral web, said Web being on the outside and in the curve of the tube but removed from the end of the tube, to facilitate the holding or handling offthe appliance and strengthening the curved tube.

- bination of a curved tube of uniform diameter,

said curved tube having a fitting for connecting said curved tube to a source of grease and a reduced tapered snout on one end to engage an opening in a spring cover so that a lubricant can be forced from the source of grease into the spring cover through the curved tube, said curved tube having a reinforcing integral web, said web being on the outside and in the curve of the tube but removed from the fitting to the source of grease and the reduced tapered snout, to facilitate the holding or handling of the appliance and strengthening the curved tube.

THOMAS J. HOUSE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

' UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,192,922 Manning Aug. 1, 1916 1,419,210 Bradford June 13, 1922 2,130,009 Hazelip Sept. 13, 1938 

